Emmeorhiza

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Rubioideae
Tribus: Spermacoceae
Genus: Emmeorhiza
Species: E. umbellata
Name

Emmeorhiza Pohl ex Endl., Gen. Pl. 1: 565 (1838), nom. cons.

monotypic taxon

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Endlichera C.Presl, Symb. Bot. 1: 73 (1832), nom. rej.

References

Pohl, J.B.E. 1838. Genera Plantarum (Endlicher) 1: 565.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Emmeorhiza in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 June 16. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Emmeorhiza. Published online. Accessed: June 16 2019.

Emmeorhiza is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Emmeorhiza umbellata, which is found from northern Trinidad to tropical South America.[1]
References

"Emmeorhiza in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 19 June 2014